La Caņada resident R.C. Drake's Indiana Avenue home is outfitted with two security alarms and 24 cameras, but when it comes to preventing residential burglaries, there's only one thing on which he ultimately relies.
"You can have all the alarms and...

[UPDATED 2/18 5:01 p.m.] Although burglaries continue to occur in the Foothills — including three reported in the past week — four suspects have been arrested in connection with their possible involvement in local break-ins during recent...

La Caņada Flintridge
Feb. 4
Identity theft: 2100 block of Via Venado Street. A man reported that he received a letter from the Internal Revenue Service questioning some information on his 2014 tax return. The victim said he was confused because he had...

La Caņada Flintridge
Jan. 28
Petty theft, vehicle: 5100 block of Gould Avenue. A woman reported that sometime between 5 p.m. the day before and 8:20 a.m. that day, someone stole the Lexus emblem off her car while it was parked in her driveway.
Petty theft, unlocked vehicle: 4600 block of Rockland Place. A man told deputies that sometime between 8 p.m. the night before and 7 a.m. that day, someone entered his unlocked 2011 Lexus RX350 and stole a pair of sunglasses and some currency. The suspect...

La Caņada Flintridge
Jan. 21
Residential burglary: 1200 block of El Vago Street. A man reported that he locked his residence when he left it at 8:15 a.m. When he returned at 7:35 p.m. it was apparent someone had broken in and ransacked the house. Taken were two pearl necklaces, two diamond rings and some series EE savings bonds. Pry marks were found on a French door at the rear of the property, which was determined to be the point of entrance. The service door to the kitchen was found wide open,...

La Caņada Flintridge
Jan. 13
Residential burglary, 1300 block of Flanders Road. A resident said he left his home at 11:40 a.m., locked and secured. When he returned home at 4 p.m., he entered the property through a side gate and noticed that the screen on a master bedroom window had been removed and the window was open. His back door was also open and his Vietnamese pot belly pig, "Porky," was not in the yard where he had been left. Porky was found safe indoors, but the house had been ransacked....

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La Caņada Flintridge
Jan. 6
Grand theft, unlocked vehicle: 200 block of Foothill Boulevard. A woman reported that sometime between 8:30 and 9 a.m. that day, someone entered her unlocked 1999 Nissan Quest while it was parked in the vicinity of St. Bede Catholic Church and stole her purse, including a wallet containing her driver's license, cash, a check book and several credit cards, from the front passenger seat. There were no signs of forced entry. A church employee said there were numerous...

[UPDATE 1/15 5:49 p.m.] La Caņada Elementary School was placed on lockdown for about an hour Thursday afternoon while Los Angeles County Sheriff's deputies searched for suspects connected to a residential burglary in the 1000 block of Fairview Drive, according to authorities.
Sgt. Booker Hollis, watch commander on duty at the time of the incident, said deputies happened to be on patrol in the vicinity when they spotted a vehicle traveling unusually fast.
“It just raised our suspicion to see a car...

La Caņada
Dec. 2
Shoplifting: 635 Foothill Blvd. The store director at Gelson’s Market reported that at 4:57 p.m., two people entered the store and stole three bottles of Jack Daniels. Both of them, about 5 feet 8, were wearing hooded sweatshirts over their heads. They left the store and got into a white Kia parked in front of TJ Maxx before driving out of view. The director said he’d have security provide officers with surveillance footage.
Grand theft, residence: 5200 block of Gould...

The unsurprising revelation earlier this month that Rolling Stone magazine failed to fact-check its article on gang rape at the University of Virginia proves, once again, that campus rape charges should be sent to the police, not to the student conduct board. (Around Town, “The ‘talk’ can serve as an effective tool,” Nov. 24.)
The Rolling Stone reporter seems to have made assumptions about campus rape. She assumed the victim was telling the truth. She assumed that fraternities are...